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February 26, 2019June 13, 2019Insights
Hannah Arendt on Love and How to Live with the Fundamental Fear of Loss
“Fearlessness is what love seeks… Such fearlessness exists only in the complete calm that can no longer be shaken by events expected of the future…Hence the only valid tense is the present, the Now.”
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February 25, 2019June 13, 2019Off-Topic
Rami Malek wins best actor Oscar for Bohemian Rhapsody
Malek takes the honour for his role as Freddie Mercury in the Queen biopic, which has been dogged by controversy due to its director Bryan SingerOscars 2019: follow all the action – live!Oscar winners: the full list 2019 – updated live!Rami Malek has won the Oscar for best actor at the 91st Academy Awards for his role...
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February 21, 2019June 13, 2019Off-Topic
Steve Irwin gets his own Google Doodle to commemorate his birthday
On Friday, the late Steve Irwin would've turned 49.
To commemorate the late animal conservationist and TV personality, who passed away in 2006, Google will unveil a Doodle in his honour.
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The main Doodle features Steve holding on to a crocodile, as he was...
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February 21, 2019June 13, 2019Insights
Thoreau on the Long Cycles of Social Change and the Importance of Not Mistaking Politics for Progress
"The longer the lever the less perceptible its motion... The hero then will know how to wait, as well as to make haste. All good abides with him who waiteth wisely."
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February 21, 2019June 13, 2019Off-Topic
This Twitter thread of people who forgot words will make your day
No matter how intelligent you are, there's always a chance a word will escape your brain right when you need it the most.
A recent Twitter thread, started by Paul Coxon — a physicist in materials science at the University of Cambridge — proved that not even scholars with impressive degrees are immune to forgetting...
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February 20, 2019June 13, 2019Insights
Emblem of My Work: Artists Reimagine Laurence Sterne’s Iconic Marbled Page
A vibrant celebration of the imagination at the intersection of unpredictability and creative constraint.
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February 20, 2019June 13, 2019Off-Topic
Funko is releasing ‘The Office’ figures since everyone still loves the show
It's been nearly six years since the series finale of The Office aired on NBC, but the workplace comedy still has an extremely dedicated fanbase.
To kick off 2019, amidst passionate pleas for an Office reboot, Funko decided it was finally time to release a collection of adorable Pop! figures inspired by some fan favorite...
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February 20, 2019June 13, 2019Insights
Osher Günsberg: the TV host on anxiety, dating and if there’ll be a gay Bachelor
After years on reality TV helping contestants through vulnerable moments, The Bachelor host tells Brigid Delaney about his own experiences of opening upThe best television hosts are, in many ways, the most bland. They are the filler between the contestants, the banter before the ad break; they conduct the benign interviews...
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February 19, 2019June 13, 2019Insights
Romanian Philosopher Emil Cioran on the Courage to Disillusion Yourself
"The man who unmasks his fictions renounces his own resources and, in a sense, himself. Consequently, he will accept other fictions which will deny him, since they will not have cropped up from his own depths."